Nairobi County has announced new land rates for 2027, including a fresh raft of rules that will affect thousands of property owners from January 1, 2027.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

Announced in the Gazette Notice dated September 4, the Built Environment and Urban Planning Lands Sub-sector confirmed the new charges, which will apply across flat-rate zones as well as to residential, commercial, and agricultural plots throughout the city.

“In exercise of power conferred by section 1(s)(3) and section 56(1) of the National Rating Act, 2024, notice is given to all ratable owners and the general public that land rates levied by the Nairobi City County Government for the year 2027 shall become due on 1 January 2027,” the notice stated in part.

Under the new structure, land not exceeding 0.1 hectare will now attract a flat annual charge of Ksh2,560.

📌 What You Need to Know

Parcels measuring between 0.1 and 0.2 hectares will pay Ksh3,200 annually, while those measuring between 0.2 and 0.4 hectares will pay Ksh4,000 annually.

Land exceeding 0.4 hectares has landed the steepest flat rate, with owners now expected to part with Ksh4,800 every year.

For private and public properties, the county has set a uniform annual rate of 0.115 per cent for residential, commercial, and agricultural plots, based on the 2019 Draft Valuation Roll, an official public document compiled by Nairobi City County that lists and assesses the market value of ratable properties within the city.

Thus, of note is that the aforementioned rates remain unchanged from the 2026 rates. The notice further clarifies that any new rate that turns out to be lower than what was paid in 2022 will simply stay at the 2022 amount, while rates coming in above double the 2022 figure will be capped at exactly twice that old rate.

On the other hand, property owners who had already lodged objections against the 2019 Draft Valuation Roll will keep paying their previous rates until the Valuation Board formally hears and resolves those disputes.

Anyone whose land was left out of the draft roll has been advised to visit the Chief Valuer's office at City Hall, with title holders also required to open individual rates accounts, and further help available through the county's customer care lines, email, or its online rates portal. This announcement comes at a time when the county is facing a huge crisis of land rate defaulters, as out of 250,000 registered land parcels, only 50,000 owners pay rates consistently, with Governor Johnson Sakaja warning that poor compliance starves county services of funds that full payment could boost to Ksh30-63 billion annually.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke